The Inaugural Daniel O’Connell Democracy Seminar
This inaugural seminar is organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute in partnership with the Trinity Centre for Digital Security and Societal Resilience and supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
This inaugural seminar is organised in partnership with the Trinity Centre for Digital Security and Societal Resilience.
A panel of experts with different perspectives will debate one of the most urgent questions facing universities across Europe – when knowledge can have more than one use, who decides what research is for?
The panel includes
Dr Zsuzsanna Dominika Ihar
(Max Planck Institute for the History of Science), whose current research project is ‘Academia and the Warmachine: A Critical History’.
Professor Simon Kolstoe
(University of Portsmouth), Professor of Research Ethics & University Ethics Advisor and author of the peer-reviewed chapter ‘A Framework for Reviewing Dual Use Research’.
Professor Marco Ruffini
(Trinity College Dublin ), Associate Dean of Research for STEM and Principal Investigator of Sea-Scan, which won Research Ireland’s Defence Innovation Challenge in February 2026.
Dr Joey Gaynor
, Knowledge Security Manager, Trinity College Dublin.
Supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, the Daniel O’Connell Democracy Seminar is an annual event exploring some of the biggest questions facing European democratic societies.
This inaugural seminar is organised in partnership with the Trinity Centre for Digital Security and Societal Resilience.
This event is run in accordance with Trinity’s Dignity and Respect policy, and its commitment to nurturing a respectful and inclusive research culture.
Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: tlrh@tcd.ie